Free Webinar: Native Plants and Forest Gardens for Food, Medicine, Crafts, and Habitat

Bright yellow petalled daisy-like flowers with brown centers rise from tall green narrow-leaved stems.

Whether you’re new to native plant gardening or a longtime gardener who’s been growing native plants for years, you want to stay informed on how to select native plants for your garden that benefit wildlife and people.

I know it’s short notice, but tonight’s Native Plants and Forest Gardens for Food, Medicine, Crafts, and Habitat is a free webinar from The Battery Conservancy offering helpful resources and tips.

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Photo of the Week: Monarch Butterfly on Butterfly Milkweed

Bright orange, monarch butterfly with black veins, a black border with white spots and black body has its wings outstretched as it perches on a cluster of small orange florets of a butterfly milkweed.

I was thrilled to find a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) in my garden yesterday afternoon!

First monarch I’ve seen on the butterfly milkweed this year.

Butterfly milkweed is the host plant for the endangered monarch butterfly as well as a nectar source for other butterflies and bees.

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